Looking For Info on Automating My Lights

[JDRoberts]

@slaterson

I have looked into the Cooper switches and they get pretty good reviews everywhere I look. I also just checked SmartThings compatible list and there are no Cooper products listed. Do the Cooper dimmers work with ST hub?

A number of community members are using Cooper switches. There are some caveats:

1. if you’re just installing one load controlling master, you’ll probably be happy.

2. if you want to add aux switches for a 3 way, you’ll need a Minimote to associate them and the results may not be quite what you expect:

Cooper Aspire RF syncing master and auxiliary switches

I just received my Cooper controller (they were backordered for weeks), so I can finally answer these questions. Unfortunately, even after being associated by the Cooper controller, dim states do not update between switches when they are off. This seems to be a limitation of the Cooper dimmer, and Z-Wave dimmers in general. I think the problem is that switches don’t obey associations when they are turned on and off via Z-Wave. If you look at the blue indicator on your auxiliary switch when you turn it on from SmartThings, you’ll see that it is indeed turning on — it just isn’t turning anything else on. SmartThings thinks the auxiliary switch is the same as any other switch, so you can use The Big Switch smart app to keep it in sync with the master. (Btw, if you didn’t already know, yo…